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Lin Wood, attorney for Covington Catholic student Nicholas Sandmann, has warned CNN’s Brian Stelter that he could lose his job for allegedly breaking a confidentiality agreement.
Sandmann agreed to terms with CNN in a multi-million dollar settlement in January, after various entities at the network portrayed him as an aggressive, Trump-supporting racist when he was involved in a viral interaction with a Native American man.
But here is where it gets sticky:
Wood believes a retweet by Stelter insinuating that CNN paid a minor amount over the lawsuit is a violation of confidentiality.
Stelter shared a tweet by attorney Mark Zaid which claimed “[Sandmann] was undoubtedly paid nuisance value settlement [and] nothing more.” This is a LIE. That kid got a MULTI MILLION DOLLAR settlement and Stelter could lose his job for violation the CA. (confidential agreement)
It was confidential. Clearly Stelter was not a party to that agreement, and sounds like he himself has no idea of the details. All Stelter did was share a tweet from another person who speculated on the sum. How could Stelter be guilty of violating the CA?
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It was confidential. Clearly Stelter was not a party to that agreement, and sounds like he himself has no idea of the details. All Stelter did was share a tweet from another person who speculated on the sum. How could Stelter be guilty of violating the CA?
But Stelter is an employee of the loser in the lawsuit; surely he would be covered under the confidentiality agreement, or at least subject to firing if he went against his employer's desire that the settlement be confidential?
I hope they fire him and all the other anchors who LIE so much like Cuomo...none of them can keep their mouth shut, always insulting the President hour after hour. They all need to climb in the pretty hate machine and be ground up to dust.
How do you know they lie so much and are always insulting the president? You must watch CNN a lot. If you don't want to hear someone insult your idol, then don't watch CNN.
But Stelter is an employee of the loser in the lawsuit; surely he would be covered under the confidentiality agreement, or at least subject to firing if he went against his employer's desire that the settlement be confidential?
As far as I can tell from what's been shared in this thread, Stelter didn't "reveal" anything. He merely shared a tweet from this other lawyer, Mark Zaid. So whatever Zaid tweeted was already in the public sphere. How can Stelter be guilty of anything?
But Stelter is an employee of the loser in the lawsuit; surely he would be covered under the confidentiality agreement, or at least subject to firing if he went against his employer's desire that the settlement be confidential?
He pretty obviously didn't disclose anything - he forwarded a third-party's speculation.
There may be a non-disparagement clause in the settlement, and depending on how iron-clad it's formulated, Stelter may be in trouble on that count. Unless CNN's lawyers are idiots (they're not) Wood is grandstanding on the "firing" thing - CNN wouldn't sign away their right to handle their own personnel matters to some ambulance chaser.
But actions speak louder than words.
If Wood had actually secured a really substantial sum for his client, he would hold a much more potent card: That of insisting that if CNN wouldn't abide by the confidentiality clause, neither should his client. And how would they like it if he went public, huh? That angle only works, of course, if putting the figure to the public helps Wood and hurts CNN. And it hasn't happened.
Instead he's working like hell to keep legal analysis of the settlement away from a broader audience. That is not how you act if you just scored a resounding victory for your client.
As far as I can tell from what's been shared in this thread, Stelter didn't "reveal" anything. He merely shared a tweet from this other lawyer, Mark Zaid. So whatever Zaid tweeted was already in the public sphere. How can Stelter be guilty of anything?
Interesting legal perspective, there. Is it disparaging to share a third party's opinion?
He pretty obviously didn't disclose anything - he forwarded a third-party's speculation.
There may be a non-disparagement clause in the settlement, and depending on how iron-clad it's formulated, Stelter may be in trouble on that count. Unless CNN's lawyers are idiots (they're not) Wood is grandstanding on the "firing" thing - CNN wouldn't sign away their right to handle their own personnel matters to some ambulance chaser.
But actions speak louder than words.
If Wood had actually secured a really substantial sum for his client, he would hold a much more potent card: That of insisting that if CNN wouldn't abide by the confidentiality clause, neither should his client. And how would they like it if he went public, huh? That angle only works, of course, if putting the figure to the public helps Wood and hurts CNN. And it hasn't happened.
Instead he's working like hell to keep legal analysis of the settlement away from a broader audience. That is not how you act if you just scored a resounding victory for your client.
Or he's keeping it quiet because he doesn't want to give information to the other 6 slanderers he is suing.
He *should* lose his job on the grounds that he’s just really, really bad at it.
Or on the grounds that he is a communist subversive.
Or on the grounds that he's about six degrees away from being remotely attractive enough to be on television. He's grotesque, and without the jouranlistic integrity or ability to compensate.
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They all need to climb in the pretty hate machine and be ground up to dust.
